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Writing a Business Plan: A Guide for Small Premium Wineries

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How does volume affect your distribution strategy<br />

o Will you place a limit on how many bottles a customer may purchase?<br />

• Marketing Budget<br />

o How much money will you allocate towards marketing your wines?<br />

So many dollars per case, a percentage of sales, a fixed amount<br />

each year<br />

o Who is responsible <strong>for</strong> marketing your wines?<br />

The following references may help in writing your industry analysis:<br />

White, Gerald and Wen-fei Uva. “Developing a Strategic Marketing <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> Horticultural<br />

Firms.” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2000.<br />

Pisoni, Mark. An Investment Analysis of <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Premium</strong> Finger Lakes <strong>Wineries</strong>. MS thesis. Cornell<br />

University, Ithaca, NY 2001.<br />

Vine, Richard. Winemaking from Grape Growing to Marketplace. Chapman and Hall Publishing,<br />

New York, NY, 1997.<br />

Yamashita, Takaaki. A Descriptive Study of <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Wineries</strong> in the Finger Lakes Region from the<br />

Marketing Viewpoint. Cornell University, Ithaca 1991.<br />

Wines & Vines, Wine <strong>Business</strong> Monthly, and Wine East.<br />

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